Catfish John

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Mama said, “Don’t go near that river.”

“Don’t be hanging around old Catfish John.”

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Come the morning I’ld always be there.

Walking in his footsteps in the sweet delta dawn.

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Take me back to another morning.

To a time not long ago.

Where the sweet magnolias blossom

Cotton fields as white as snow.

Verse 2 Catfish John was a river hobo.

Lived and died by the river’s bend.

Looking back I still remember.

I was proud to be his friend.

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Verse 2 Born a slave in the Town of Vicksburgh.

Traded for a chestnut mare

Lord he never spoke in anger.

Though his load was hard to bare.

Chorus à repeated “Walking in his footsteps in the sweet delta dawn” to end.

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